High School Overview
At Chicago Waldorf High School, we know that the questions are as important as the answers. Complexity, whether in global affairs, personal growth or scientific development, requires the ability to inquire. Whatever the subject, Waldorf education gives students the tools to address it through disciplined inquiry and multi-layered processes.
Our students start with their own observations, marking details and taking the time to truly see as step one in reaching understanding. The questions that follow this thorough examination are answered from multiple sources, giving them constant awareness for a bigger context whatever the subject.
Not only do students learn about math equations, they learn about the inventors of those equations, the politics behind the acceptance of their theories and the competing theories of the day. Cultures are studied in the contexts of their religious, artistic, philosophical and environmental influences. Learning is approached through phenomenological study with students taking in information and forming their own questions and conclusions before reading an outcome.
Flexible thinking, ability to see the larger picture in any situation, perception of the connections between events and subjects, confidence in ability to learn in any situation – these are the skills acquired by our students through the multidimensional Waldorf approach.